Northfield Park

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Northfield Park

Northfield Park is a harness racing racetrack in Northfield, Ohio, U.S.A., a community near Cleveland. Northfield Park conducts more than 200 race nights each year.

1 History
2 Cedar Downs
3 Slot machines
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Originally constructed in 1934, Northfield Park racetrack, then known as Sportsman Park, was intended as a greyhound track. When this plan failed, ownership changed and the focus was switched to midget car racing. After 20 years as a successful car racing facility, interest began to wane and in 1956, Sportsman Park was demolished to make way for what would eventually become one of the nation's premier harness racing tracks. The tracks' top race, The Battle of Lake Erie, has featured some of the greatest pacers in history including Jaguar Spur, Gallo Blue Chip, Falcon Seeslter and Riyadh.

[edit] Cedar Downs

Cedar Downs is the only off-track betting parlor in the State of Ohio and is owned and operated by Northfield Park. Cedar Downs is located in Sandusky, Ohio. Northfield purchased the facility, located at the entrance to the Cedar Point Causeway, in the summer of 2005. It had previously been operated by Raceway Park, a Toledo, Ohio, harness track.

[edit] Slot machines

A unsuccessful measure on the Ohio election ballots in November 2006 would have legalized slot machines in Ohio, many of which would be located at racetracks in the state.^[1] Northfield Park's owner Brock Milstein contributed over $500,000 to the campaign to legalize slot machines. ^[2] ^[3]